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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Hesperian has a total of | Hesperian has a total of 13 consonants which accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a moderately small inventory. The most strikinɡ features of the inventory are, accordinɡ to WALS, the lack of /p, ɡ/ and the absence of phonemic fricatives. The consonants are displayed in the table below: | ||
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| || Labial ||Alveolar||Postalveolar|| Dorsal | | || Labial ||Central Alveolar||Lateral Alveolar||Postalveolar|| Dorsal|| Glottal | ||
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| Voiceless Stop || || /t/ ||/tʃ/||/k | | Voiceless Stop || || /t/ ||||/tʃ/||/k/ || | ||
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| Voiced Stop || /b/ || /d/ ||/dʒ/|| | | Voiced Stop || /b/ || /d/ ||/dʒ/|| || | ||
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| Nasal || /m/ || /n/ || |||| || | | Nasal || /m/ || /n/ || |||| || | ||